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Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 31/10/2020

External Reference: 2020-245443

TED Reference: 2020/S 216-528697

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

The Health Research Board
N/A
67-72 Grattan House
Dublin 2
Lower Mount St
IE
Contact person: Josephine Murphy
Telephone: +353 12345000
E-mail: jmurphy@hrb.ie
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.hrb.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/261

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5)

Main activity

Health

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Bibliometric tool
Reference number:  HRB-2020-Bibliometric
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

48460000  -  Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software package
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

The Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient care. The HRB has 61 staff. Our annual budget is in excess of €45m and we manage a research investment portfolio of approximately €200m. The agency is funded mainly by the Department of Health, and Board members are appointed by the Minister for Health.
The HRB is now seeking to obtain a licence for a bibliometric tool with the following characteristics:
Platform
• Cloud-based
• Stable and reliable, with guaranteed recovery times should there be any disruption to service
• Access and usability independent of hardware and browser
• Must adhere to the GDPR principle of “Privacy by design and default”
• Ideally allow for potential integration with the HRB Grant Electronic Management System (GEMS, https://grants.hrb.ie) since invitation to peer reviewers are sent out via GEMS.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  200000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

48461000  -  Analytical or scientific software package
72212160  -  Library software development services
48460000  -  Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software package
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient care. The HRB has 61 staff. Our annual budget is in excess of €45m and we manage a research investment portfolio of approximately €200m. The agency is funded mainly by the Department of Health, and Board members are appointed by the Minister for Health.
The HRB is now seeking to obtain a licence for a bibliometric tool with the following characteristics:
Platform
• Cloud-based
• Stable and reliable, with guaranteed recovery times should there be any disruption to service
• Access and usability independent of hardware and browser
• Must adhere to the GDPR principle of “Privacy by design and default”
• Ideally allow for potential integration with the HRB Grant Electronic Management System (GEMS, https://grants.hrb.ie) since invitation to peer reviewers are sent out via GEMS.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Drawing from suitable dataset  /  Weighting:  20%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality of search functionality  /  Weighting:  15%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Bibliometric evaluation of HRB award outputs and classification systems  /  Weighting:  15%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Support (on-boarding on on-going)  /  Weighting:  10%
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Cost  /  Weighting:  40%
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : no
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 103-247825

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Bibliometric tool

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

24/09/2020
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  2
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:  1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  1
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Digital Science & Research Solutions Inc
07397265
625 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
MA, 02139
US
Telephone: +1 6179028426
E-mail: operations@dsrsi.com
Internet address: http://https://www.digital-science.com/

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:  200000.00  EUR
Total value of the contract/lot:  164000.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court
Chief Registrar
The Four Courts
D07
IE
Telephone: +353 18886000
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie